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PUBLIC LAW 93-179~DEC. 11, 1973

(6) three members appointed by the President from officers or staff of State bicentennial commissions or comparable State bodies. (b) The members of the Board shall serve for the length of time the Board is in existence. (c) Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board shall be appointed in the same manner as the member whose vacancy he is filling. (d) Members of the Board shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties vested in the Board, but not exceeding the maximum amounts authorized under section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code, and, in addition thereto, each member of the Board shall receive $100 per day for each day he is engaged in the performance of duties vested in the Board, including traveltime; however, members of the Board who are officers or employees of the United States shall receive no additional compensation for their services. ^e^ Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. (f) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board shall be elected by members of the Board from members of the Board other than the Administrator. (g) The Board shall meet at least once each month and shall hold other meetings at the call of the Chairman, the Administrator, or a majority of its members. (h) The Board shall be empowered to— (1^ receive advice and information from the Council and the Administrator with respect to the development of policy and guidelines to carry out the purposes of this Act; and (2) give final approval to grants to be made under the authority of section 9 of this Act; (3) review, approve, disapprove, or ratify from time to time, all basic policy and guidelines, including the proposed annual budget to be presented by the Administrator, in carrying out the purposes of this Act. (i) I t shall be a duty of the Board to make a continuing study of the activities of the American Eevolution Bicentennial Administration. The Board shall, from time to time, but not less than every six months, report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and to the Senate and the House of Representatives concerning the results of its studies, together with such recommendations as it may deem desirable. It shall make a final report thereon by June 30, 1977. SEC. 11. At the request of the Board, the President may, when he determines it to be in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, direct that the functions authorized under this Act may be performed without regard to such provisions of law or limitations or authority regulating or relating to the making, performance, amendment, or modification of contracts, and the expenditure of Government funds as he may specify. SEC. 12. Except for members of the Commission, the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, held available or to be made available to the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, established by Public Law 89-491, approved July 4, 1966, and the amendments thereto, shall be transferred to the Administration upon the effective date of this Act to be used for the purposes of this Act and to liquidate

Term. Vacancies.

Expenses.

80 Stat. 499; 83 Stat. 190.

Quorum.

Meetings.

Study. Reports to Congress and congressional committees.

Transfer of property.

80 Stat. 259.

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